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gopiscrap

(23,765 posts) Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:06 PM Feb 2020

did we just cut and run in Afghanistan?

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did we just cut and run in Afghanistan? (Original Post) gopiscrap Feb 2020 OP

He seemed to say 600 of 8600 troops leaving soon, then we will reassess for more removals wishstar Feb 2020 #1

Well, republicons are known for doing exactly that. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2020 #2

Yea. Trump is leading from behind. pwb Feb 2020 #3

We just ceded the country to the Taliban, essentially frazzled Feb 2020 #4

Putin's down with it. Captain Zero Feb 2020 #5

News Never Heard on fox. Afghanistan government left out of the agreement. IADEMO2004 Feb 2020 #7

Idiot tweets - superpatriotman Feb 2020 #6

hmm bad mouth afghan 'war", bad mouth getting out. sounds contradictory nt msongs Feb 2020 #8

wishstar

(5,271 posts)

1. He seemed to say 600 of 8600 troops leaving soon, then we will reassess for more removals

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:09 PM

Feb 2020

so not a full withdrawal right away

FoxNewsSucks

(10,435 posts)

2. Well, republicons are known for doing exactly that.

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:12 PM

Feb 2020

pwb

(11,287 posts)

3. Yea. Trump is leading from behind.

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:17 PM

Feb 2020

Remember that one?

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

4. We just ceded the country to the Taliban, essentially

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:24 PM

Feb 2020

Or at least as I see it. The Afghanistan government was not even invited to these talks, which is sort of tantamount to abandoning them (after spending nearly two decades and billions in trying to establish them).

Captain Zero

(6,823 posts)

5. Putin's down with it.

Reply to frazzled (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:28 PM

Feb 2020

Puppet strings working perfectly.

IADEMO2004

(5,559 posts)

7. News Never Heard on fox. Afghanistan government left out of the agreement.

Reply to frazzled (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:40 PM

Feb 2020

superpatriotman

(6,252 posts)

6. Idiot tweets -

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:30 PM

Feb 2020

In a tweet from January 2012, Trump slammed Obama for speaking our "sworn enemy the Taliban - who facilitated 9/11.

msongs

(67,441 posts)

8. hmm bad mouth afghan 'war", bad mouth getting out. sounds contradictory nt

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 04:02 PM

Feb 2020

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